On Politics

I am a dual citizen of Canada and The United States of America. Both countries are fundamentally different and great in their own ways, both nations have a rich history of helping each other, even when the United States was not a super power. Americans who put down Canadians, and Canadians who put down Americans do not know the history of the two nations, and how much we both rely on each other.

The power of a government of the people, for the people, by the people, is (get this) the people. The greatest tragedy is that people rally behind messages of hope and faith, and do not research and do not make their judgments on sound facts or even a personal political ideology,  they listen to the most attractive candidate, or the one who will promise them the most.

On the compass I am about as far libertarian as you can go, without reaching Anarchy. I do not support the US Libertarian Party, because I feel that they have fallen to the idea that they are the conservatives big brother. While yes, libertarianism is what the United States was built on the ideology should (and is) a progressive ideology.

People always seem to ignore the radical things that people have done on their own side, and throw a fit every time a group rallies in opposition. Dissent is not anti-American or anti-Canadian, it is what America was founded on — Decent is patriotic.

I do not believe activist groups are “Domestic Terrorists” and that Homeland Security / Royal Canadian Mounted Police has attempted to marginalize people who do not fit with the standard cultural norm, by outcasting them and labeling them as “terrorists” that way the general public will follow like sheep, and turn away from opposing viewpoints.

The best way to combat “bad” speech is to use more “good” speech, law has been successfully being passed and confirmed to take away our rights to our freedoms. I do not believe a person has a right to stand up in a theater and yell “FIRE”, however, a person who wants to walk down the street holding a sign that says “white people suck” should be embraced for using their first amendment right, and then the people who disagree should organize their own speech to counter it. This responsibility falls to the people, not the government.

The government has no place enforcing any laws on the Internet, I accept the Internet as a sovereign entity acting outside the realm of any nation.   A nations job is to enforce the laws within their jurisdiction, and if there is something illegal taking place, they should use the real world technologies that they have been using to track down, and stop the person from breaking said laws. IE they cannot and should not make a law that prohibits me from posting pictures of fat people onto the internet, thats free speech, and not their jurisdiction. However, they should (in this scenario) just outlaw taking pictures of fat people and enforcing that.

I support the homosexual lifestyle, and would encourage a vote for gay marriage, however do not feel as so passionately about it to become an activist over it. People have been gay since the beginning of recorded history… if they want the right to marry they should be able to.

Free and Open Source software, is the future (and the roots) of technology. Knowledge should be free, we are taught this as children. We are taught to share with others, and passing on what we know to those after us. Embracing a free and open society, and giving money, and purchasing things like support is what will keep the Internet a thriving community.
I support the legalization of Marijuana, while being able to say with 100% honesty that I have never tried it in my life. Nor do I have a desire to. The choice to smoke marijuana is that of the person who is smoking it. As long as they are not putting others at risk then they shall maintain their right to smoke marijuana. I believe that the drug war is a waist of money, however, I do not believe in the legalization of hard drugs such as LSD, KFC, or PCP.
I believe that the United States of America should make a stand against whaling in the South Pacific, and limit whaling to subsistence whaling.
Tax Dollars should go to Civil Defense and Interstate Commerce.
There should be a website setup by the United States Government which lists all the programs, companies, and organizations currently requesting money, and we should be able to choose how much of our money goes to what. Its our money let us spend it how we want to.
The United States Government should adopt the Fair Tax plan and abolish the IRS. A Fair Tax system will allow the United States to quickly come out of our debt, tax everyone fairly even: Illegal Workers, Illegal Traffickers (Drugs, etc), and people who are getting paid “under the table”. The Fair Tax system makes sense and “just works”. The rich would not be taxed more than the poor, however, though purchases the rich will pay more in taxes.
Children no longer stand up for anything… and that is the failure of our society and our schools. We have turned them into mindless zombies who just believes what they are told, and have no interest in politics, or any cause other than who’s going to win American Idol.
Education needs to be a place of learning not standardization.
Giving money to a growing small business is a better investment than giving lots of money to a failing large one.

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